Monthly Archives: September 2013
Agave ‘Shira ito no Ohi’
Or, more specifically, Agave filifera ssp. schidigera ‘Shira ito no Ohi’ (Queen of White Thread Century Plant). No one seems to know the origin of the variegated form of this wee agave with the big name, whose queenly title was … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, plant nurseries
Tagged ' Plant Delights Nursery, 2013 Garden Bloggers Fling, Agave filifera ssp. schidigera 'Shira ito no Ohi', Brian Kemble, Echeveria elegans, Kellee Adams, Queen of White Thread Century Plant), Queen of White Thread-leaf Agave, recessive traits, The Ruth Bancroft Garden, The Wave Garden, Tony Avent
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this summer’s dahlias
I moved my one dahlia, the deep burgundy ‘Chat Noir,’ to my community garden plot this summer. Performance was…meh. By August the plant was finished. The soil at the CG still needs work if it’s to grow anything but zinnias … Continue reading
the hardy tapioca
A garden can be a stay-at-home option to ecotourism, where the plants pack their seedy suitcases and travel to us. (If growing any exotic, non-native plant sets your teeth on edge, those categories may be blurring faster than we’d like: … Continue reading
cage lights
Cage lights, suspended for hanging candles, flowers. I love messing around with them. last night early this morning About the same size and shape as a cage light, this orange shade was found a while back at Building Resources and … Continue reading
Posted in cut flowers
Tagged Building, cage lights, Echeveria glauca's flowers, hanging vases, miscanthus, repurposing, tithonia, zinnias
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warm thoughts on formal gardens
Have I mentioned how hot it’s been lately? It’s the kind of heat that gives a boho plant nut a deeper appreciation of the cool, austere lines of a formal garden. A garden built not on the scaffolding of flowers … Continue reading
September and its discontents
Every September I’m startled by the heat this month brings. A heat that, if you’re not careful, can wick away inspiration. But then that’s what photos like this are for. Image found here At least two more months to go … Continue reading
Yucca ‘Blue Boy’
I’ve brought a couple home under the name Yucca aloifolia ‘Purpurea,’ but I’ve recently been seeing it tagged as Yucca desmetiana ‘Blue Boy,’ as it was here at Cornerstone Sonoma, in the Transcendence garden designed by Delmar McComb and Peter … Continue reading
counting on agaves
No, I haven’t done a recent tally. But, boy, do they ever count when the days heat up and stay hot. Nothing looks as composed under the sun as an agave. Hard to say if their numbers are increasing, since … Continue reading
scenes from Long Island
It looks like the heat is fairly evenly distributed across the U.S. this Labor Day weekend. In between dipping into a steaming hot garden to cut back agastache, anthemis and senecio, I’m catching up on work and going through summer … Continue reading
Posted in garden ornament, garden travel, garden visit, pots and containers
Tagged Aruncus aethusifolius, begonias, greenhouses, Knautia macedonia, Landcraft Environments, Long Island, Longhouse Reserve, Ltd., Lysimachia punctata, Madoo Conservancy, New York, Old Westbury Gardens, Solandra maxima, Vireya rhododendrons
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